Flashgun Or Lense?
January 5th, 2008 FarisThis is the hardest decision to make. If I’m not on a tight budget, I would have bought these two items simultaneously. At the moment, I have two lenses and they are kit lense 17-85mm and 50mm f/1.8. Recently, I just realized how important to have a flashgun when I had to take pictures indoor where the light was not sufficient if I only use ordinary lense (extraordinary lense would be with bigger aperture such as f/2.8 or f/1.8 or f/1.4). So, I come to conclusion that I must have a flashgun and perhaps I should also consider the remote trigger for flash as well. That is just an additional item actually. If I can’t afford it for the time being, I shall get it later.
On the other hand, lense is also an item that should be considered as well. I have done a “survey” recently by asking a few of my friends who are photographers to give their thoughts of which one should I buy or which is the most important. Majority say I should buy lense first. The lense I’m talking about is a zoom lense 70-200mm L USM f/2.8. They say lense is an essential gear and therefore, I must have that prior to flashgun.
Well, when I think back, they might be right. Nevertheless, I always remember no matter what equipment you use, you still can produce good images if you are really good. I’m not saying you can produce good quality images by just using camera phone but the most important thing is to be creative and enable to attract people to look at our photographs.